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Félix Savón Fabre (born 22 September 1967) is a Cuban former amateur boxer who competed from 1980 to 2000. Considered one of the all-time greatest amateurs,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he became three-time Olympic gold medalist, and the World Champion six times in a row,<ref>Golden hat-trick for battered Savon, Kingston Gleaner, 1 October 2000, p. 29.</ref> all in the heavyweight division. In 1988, when he was favored by many to win the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the Cuban government boycotted the event.<ref name="AP">Cuban Heavyweight (Associated Press,) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3 August 1990, p. 22.</ref> Savón is particularly known for having rejected numerous multimillion-dollar offers to defect and leave Cuba permanently to fight Mike Tyson as a professional.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Page needed</ref>

Early lifeEdit

He was born in San Vicente, in Guantánamo Province, Cuba. His ring debut occurred in 1980, in Guantánamo.

Savón's inspiration to become a boxer was his renowned countryman, three-time Olympic champion Teófilo Stevenson<ref name="AP" /> (he later was perceived by the Western media as Stevenson's successor<ref>Goodwill (United Press International,) Detroit Free Press, 29 July 1990, p. 40.</ref>)

CareerEdit

During his career, in which he did not turn professional, he managed a career record of 362–21, with the majority of his losses avenged.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The only boxers, who got away with knockout victories over Savón unavenged were Soviet Usman Arsaliyev and North Korean Li Dal-Chen, whom he met only once.

He won his first important titles in 1985. At 19 he beat America's Michael Bentt on his way to win the 1987 Pan Am games.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Besides winning the Cuban heavyweight title (which he would win each year until his retirement, except 1999 and 2000 when he lost to Odlanier Solís, who he would lose to twice and defeat once in their three meetings), he also won the Junior World Championships in 1985.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

This set off his career, in which he would win six World Championships; his victory at the 1997 tournament was the result of the disqualification of an opponent, future professional world champion Ruslan Chagaev (whom Savón had previously beaten), who beat Savón in the final, but was later stripped of the gold medal for having two professional fights prior to the championships.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> Chagaev was reinstated as an amateur the following year when these fights were declared exhibitions, but did not regain the gold medal.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Template:Quote box In 1998 during the Heavyweight final of the Goodwill Games from New York, Savón had an amazing knockout over U.S. Amateur Champion DaVarryl Williamson.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At the 1999 tournament, he was to fight American Michael Bennett in the final, but the whole Cuban team retired from the competition to protest the result of another Cuban boxer in the tournament whom they considered had been "robbed" by the judges, meaning that Bennett won the final on default.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In their bout at the 2000 Summer Olympics Bennett would lose 23–8 to Savón.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Savón won three Olympic gold medals, a feat shared with only two other boxers, László Papp and compatriot Teófilo Stevenson. He could have been a four-time Olympic gold medalist, had the Cuban government allowed its team to participate in the 1988 Seoul, South Korea.<ref name="AP" />

Savón's critics said that he is a puncher instead of a boxer who is not satisfied with a decision, risking losses by going after knockouts even when he is far ahead on points. Roosevelt Sanders, a U.S. boxing coach, said Savon would have been immediately ranked between 5th and 10th in the world's professional boxing heavyweight division if he turned pro after the 1990 Goodwill Games.<ref name="AP" /> "Cuba, since 1974 has been the king of amateur boxing in the world", he said. "That is why the media of other countries keep asking why we don't box professionally. Professionalism will abolish humanism and society." Savon said amateur athletes are revered in Cuba. "Athletes are the most important thing in Cuba since Castro took over. We practice sports from the age of 8."<ref>Victorious Cuban Heats Up Cold War by Les Bowen, Philadelphia Daily News, 2 August 1990, p. 63.</ref>

HighlightsEdit

Template:Col-begin Template:Col-3 Local match-up (71 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, 1980 (debut):

  • Defeated (no data available) (Cuba) KO

Template:Gold1 XVI National Cadet Games (71 kg), Cuba, July 1981:

  • Finals: Defeated Lino Famide (Cuba) KO

Template:Bronze3 National Youth Championships (71 kg), Cuba, 1982:

  • 1/2: Lost to (no data available) (Cuba) KO

Template:Bronze3 National Friendship Games (81 kg), Cuba, 1983:

  • (no data available)

Template:Gold1 National Youth Championships (81 kg), Cuba, 1983:

  • (no data available)

Template:Gold1 International Youth Tournament (91 kg), Berlin, East Germany, June 1984:

  • Finals: Defeated Uli Klimm (East Germany) RSC 1

Template:Gold1 XV Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), Managua, Nicaragua, 1984:

  • (no data available)

Template:Gold1 XXIV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Nueva Gerona, Cuba, January 1985:

  • 1/2: Defeated Aurelio Toyo Pérez (Cuba) by decision
  • Finals: Defeated Hermenegildo Báez (Cuba) by decision

Template:Gold1 XXXVI Strandzha Cup (91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1985:

  • Finals: Defeated Deyan Kirilov (Bulgaria) by majority decision, 4–1

Template:Gold1 XIV Chemistry Cup (91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1985:

  • Finals: Defeated Michael Ernst (East Germany) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 Trofeo Italia (91 kg), Mestre, Venice, Italy, March 1985:

  • Finals: Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XVIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, March 1985:

  • 1/2: Defeated Ramzan Sebiyev (Soviet Union)
  • Finals: Defeated Hermenegildo Báez (Cuba) RSC 2

Template:Gold1 National Youth Championships (91 kg), Cuba, 1985:

  • (no data available)

Template:Gold1 XVI Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), Maturín, Venezuela, September 1985:

  • Finals: Defeated H. Hidalgo (Venezuela) RSC 1

Template:Gold1 III Junior World Championships (91 kg), Bucharest, Romania, September 1985:

  • 1/8: Defeated Ilie Corbu (Romania) RSC 1
  • 1/4: Defeated Andrey Cholakin (Soviet Union) by majority decision, 4–1
  • 1/2: Defeated Attila Árvai (Hungary) by walkover
  • Finals: Defeated Andrzej Golota (Poland) RET 2

Template:Gold1 XXV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, January 1986:

Template:Gold1 XXXVII Strandzha Cup (91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1986:

Template:Gold1 XVII Chemistry Cup (91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1986:

  • Finals: Defeated Sven Lange (East Germany) RET 3

Template:Gold1 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, March 1986:

  • Finals: Defeated Anatoliy Savkin (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XIX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, May 1986:

  • Finals: Defeated Renat Trishev (Soviet Union) by majority decision, 4–1

Template:Gold1 IV World Championships (91 kg), Reno, Nevada, May 1986:

Template:Gold1 XV Central American and Caribbean Games (91 kg), Santiago, Dominican Republic, June–July 1986:

  • 1/4: Defeated Emilio Payne (Costa Rica) KO 1
  • 1/2: Defeated José Acosta (Venezuela) KO 1
  • Finals: Defeated Rodolfo Marín (Puerto Rico) RSCH 1

National Team Championships (91 kg), Cuba, October 1986:

  • Lost to Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) KO

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1986:

  • Defeated Orbit Pough (United States) by unanimous decision, 5–0

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Sacramento, California, December 1986:

  • Defeated Huland Copeland (United States) RSC 1

Template:Gold1 XXVI Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Holguín, Cuba, January 1987:

Template:Gold1 XVIII Chemistry Cup (91 kg), Halle, East Germany, March 1987:

  • Finals: Defeated Sven Lange (East Germany) RSC 2

Template:Bronze3 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, March 1987:

  • 1/2: Lost to Usman Arsaliyev (Soviet Union) KO 3

Template:Gold1 XX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Santa Clara, Cuba, June 1987:

  • Finals: Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 X Pan American Games (91 kg), Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1987:

  • 1/4: Defeated Julio Sanchez (Puerto Rico) RSC 1
  • 1/2: Defeated Michael Bentt (United States) by unanimous decision, 5–0
  • Finals: Defeated Juan Antonio Díaz Nieves (Argentina) KO 2 Template:Small

Template:Gold1 North American Championships (91 kg), Toronto, Canada, August 1987:

Template:Gold1 V World Cup (91 kg), Belgrade, Yugoslavia, October 1987:

  • 1/4: Defeated Fred Kaddu (Uganda) by unanimous decision, 5–0
  • 1/2: Defeated Ramzan Sebiyev (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0
  • Finals: Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) by majority decision, 4–1

Cuba–USA Duals (91 kg), Santa Clara, Cuba, December 1987:

Template:Gold1 XXVII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 1988:

Template:Gold1 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, March 1988:

  • 1/2: Defeated Henrik Satyka (Poland) RET 1
  • Finals: Defeated Rudolf Gavenčiak (Czechoslovakia) RET 3

Template:Gold1 Gee-Bee Tournament (91 kg), Helsinki, Finland, April 1988:

  • Finals: Defeated Yevgeni Sudakov (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 1988:

  • Defeated Ray Mercer (United States) by split decision, 2–1

Template:Gold1 XXI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Las Tunas, Cuba, June 1988:

  • Finals: Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 Leningrad International Tournament (91 kg), Leningrad, Soviet Union, June 1988:

  • Finals: Defeated Ramzan Sebiyev (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 TSC Tournament (91 kg), Berlin, East Germany, July 1988:

  • Finals: Defeated Maik Heydeck (West Germany) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XIX Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 1988:

  • Finals: Defeated Luis Godoy (Guatemala) RET 1

Template:Gold1 XXVIII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, January 1989:

AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), Casablanca, Morocco, February 1989:

  • Defeated Baik Hyun-man (South Korea) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XXII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, June 1989:

  • Finals: Defeated Yuri Vaulin (Soviet Union) by walkover

Template:Silver2 VII Military Spartakiad of the Friendly Armies of the Socialist Countries (91 kg), Sliven, Bulgaria, June 1989:

  • Finals: Lost to Li Dal-Chen (North Korea) KO 1

Template:Col-3 Template:Gold1 V World Championships (91 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, September 1989:

  • 1/8: Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (Netherlands) RSCH 1
  • 1/4: Defeated Hamayak Shabazian (Sweden) 32–1
  • 1/2: Defeated Axel Schulz (East Germany) by walkover
  • Finals: Defeated Yevgeni Sudakov (Soviet Union) 18–8

Cuba–USA Duals (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, 1989:

  • Defeated (no data available) (United States)

Template:Gold1 Battle of Carabobo International Tournament (91 kg), Venezuela, 1989:

  • (no data available)

Template:Gold1 XXIX Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Cienfuegos, Cuba, January 1990:

  • Finals: Defeated Alberto Almeida (Cuba) RSC 1

AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), West Berlin, West Germany, March 1990:

Template:Gold1 XXIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Manzanillo, Cuba, June 1990:

U.S. Olympic Cup, North America–Europe Duals (91 kg), Salt Lake City, Utah, June 1990:

Template:Gold1 II Goodwill Games (91 kg), Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, July 1990:

  • 1/4: Defeated Javier Álvarez (United States) by unanimous decision, 5–0
  • 1/2: Defeated Viktor Akshonov (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0 Template:Small
  • Finals: Defeated Yevgeniy Sudakov (Soviet Union) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 VI World Cup (91 kg), Dublin, Ireland, August 1990:

  • 1/4: Defeated Sean O'Regan (Ireland) RSC 1
  • 1/2: Defeated René Monse (East Germany) RET 1
  • Finals: Defeated Bert Teuchert (West Germany) 29–3 (5 rds)

Cuba–USA Duals (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, 1990:

  • Defeated (no data available) (United States)

Template:Gold1 XVI Central American and Caribbean Games (91 kg), Mexico City, Mexico, December 1990:

  • 1/2: Defeated Víctor Alarcón (Colombia)
  • Finals: Defeated José Marrero (Puerto Rico)

Template:Gold1 XXX Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, January 1991:

Template:Gold1 King's Cup (91 kg), Bangkok, Thailand, February 1991:

  • Finals: Defeated Bert Teuchert (Germany) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XXIV Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, June 1991:

  • Finals: Defeated Joel Donatien (Cuba) RSCH 2

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, August 1991:

Template:Gold1 XI Pan American Games (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1991:

Template:Gold1 VI World Championships (91 kg), Sydney, Australia, November 1991:

Template:Gold1 XXXI Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, January 1992:

Template:Gold1 BOXAM Cup (91 kg), Barcelona, Spain, February 1992:

AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), Tampa, Florida, April 1992:

Template:Gold1 XXV Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, May 1992:

Template:Gold1 XXV Summer Olympics (91 kg), Barcelona, Spain, July 1992:

Template:Gold1 XXXII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Matanzas, Cuba, January 1993:

  • 1/16: Defeated Dagoberto Ordoñez (Cuba) RET 2
  • 1/8: Defeated Esteban Fuentes (Cuba) RET 1
  • 1/4: Defeated Alexis Echeverría (Cuba) RET 1
  • 1/2: Defeated Pedro Montalvo (Cuba) 20–6 (4 rds)
  • Finals: Defeated Freddy Rojas (Cuba) RSC 1

AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), Istanbul, Turkey, February 1993:

  • Defeated Sergei Sakharov (Russia) RSC 4

Europe–North America Duals (91 kg), Berlin, Germany, March 1993:

Template:Gold1 XXVI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, May 1993:

  • Finals: Defeated Diosdado Ortega (Cuba)

Template:Gold1 VII World Championships (91 kg), Tampere, Finland, June 1993:

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Biloxi, Mississippi, September 1993:

  • Defeated Derrell Dixon (United States) by unanimous decision, 5–0

Template:Gold1 XVII Central American and Caribbean Games (91 kg), Ponce, Puerto Rico, November 1993:

  • 1/2: Defeated Julian Skeete (Guyana) RSC 2
  • Finals: Defeated Edgardo Santos (Puerto Rico) RSC 2

Template:Gold1 XXXIII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, January 1994:

AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), Dublin, Ireland, March 1994:

Template:Silver2 XXVII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 1994:

Template:Gold1 VIII World Cup (91 kg), Bangkok, Thailand, June 1994:

Template:Gold1 III Goodwill Games (91 kg), Saint Petersburg, Russia, July–August 1994:

  • 1/4: Defeated Christophe Mendy (France) 8–6
  • 1/2: Defeated Peter Müller (Germany) RSC 2
  • Finals: Defeated Sergei Mochalov (Russia) KO 1

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Ledyard, Connecticut, October 1994:

Template:Gold1 XXXIV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Manzanillo, Cuba, January 1995:

Template:Gold1 XXVIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Matanzas, Cuba, February 1995:

  • Finals: Defeated Luis Álvarez (Cuba) RSC

Template:Gold1 XII Pan American Games (91 kg), Mar del Plata, Argentina, March 1995:

Template:Gold1 World Championships (91 kg), Berlin, Germany, May 1995:

National match-up (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, July 1995:

  • Defeated Luis Álvarez (Cuba) RSC

Template:Gold1 XXI Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), Mexico City, Mexico, September 1995:

  • 1/2: Defeated O. Vasquez (Venezuela) RET 1
  • Finals: Defeated Julio Pacheco (Mexico) RET 1

Template:Col-3 AIBA International Challenge (91 kg), Macon, Georgia, October 1995:

USA–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Ledyard, Connecticut, November 1995:

Template:Gold1 XXXV Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, January 1996:

Template:Gold1 XLVII Strandzha Cup (91 kg), Sofia, Bulgaria, February 1996:

  • 1/4: Defeated Nedjadi Belahouel (Algeria) RET 3
  • 1/2: Defeated Gioacchino Mocerino (Italy) RET 2
  • Finals: Defeated Christophe Mendy (France) by walkover

Template:Gold1 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, February 1996:

Template:Gold1 XXVII Chemistry Cup (91 kg), Halle, Germany, February–March 1996:

  • 1/2: Defeated Oleg Belikov (Ukraine) RSC 1
  • Finals: Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany) RET 3

Template:Gold1 XXIX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Camagüey, Cuba, April–May 1996:

  • 1/4: Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) RSC 3
  • 1/2: Defeated Roberto Camilo (Cuba) RSC 2
  • Finals: Defeated Michel López Núñez (Cuba) RSC 2

Template:Gold1 XXII Central America and the Caribbean Championships (91 kg), Guadalajara, Mexico, May 1996:

  • Finals: Defeated Benjamín García (Mexico) RSC 1

Template:Gold1 XXVI Summer Olympics (91 kg), Atlanta, Georgia, July–August 1996:

Template:Gold1 Copenhagen Cup (91 kg), Copenhagen, Denmark, November 1996:

  • 1/4: Defeated Sergei Volodin (Russia) KO 1
  • 1/2: Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) by walkover
  • Finals: Defeated Rune Lillebuen (Norway) RET 2

XXXVI Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Holguín, Cuba, February 1997:

Template:Gold1 XXX Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Pinar del Río, Cuba, June 1997:

  • 1/4: Defeated Benjamín García (Mexico) RSC 2
  • 1/2: Defeated Mark Simmons (Canada) 12–8 (5 rds)
  • Finals: Defeated Freddy Rojas (Cuba) 14–4 (5 rds)

National match-up (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, August 1997:

  • Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) on points (5 rds)

Template:Gold1 Pan American Tournament (91 kg), Medellín, Colombia, September 1997:

  • 1/2: Defeated Leo Simonis (Argentina) RSC 2
  • Finals: Defeated John Arroyo Escobar (Colombia) RSCH 1

Template:Gold1 World Championships (91 kg), Budapest, Hungary, October 1997:

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Template:Gold1 XXXVI Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Villa Clara, Cuba, January–February 1998:

  • 1/4: Defeated Michel López Núñez (Cuba) RET 3
  • 1/2: Defeated Yusmel García (Cuba) RSC 2
  • Finals: Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) 19–6 (5 rds)

Template:Gold1 Ahmet Cömert Memorial (91 kg), Istanbul, Turkey, February 1998:

  • 1/4: Defeated Zoltán Kiss (Hungary) RET
  • 1/2: Defeated Roman Sukhoterin (Kazakhstan) RSC 1
  • Finals: Defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy) by walkover

Template:Gold1 Beijing Open Tournament (91 kg), Beijing, China, March 1998

  • Finals: Defeated Ma Jing Wei (China)

Template:Gold1 XXXI Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, June 1998:

  • 1/4: Defeated José Gonzalez (Venezuela) RSC 1 Template:Small
  • 1/2: Defeated Leo Simonis (Argentina) RSC 1 Template:Small
  • Finals: Defeated Juan Delis Causse (Cuba) 19–2 (5 rds)

Template:Gold1 IX World Cup (91 kg), Chongqing, China, June 1998:

  • 1/4: Defeated Georges Akono (Cameroon) RSC 1
  • 1/2: Defeated Ma Jing Wei (China) RSC 1
  • Finals: Defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni (Italy) by walkover

Template:Gold1 IV Goodwill Games (91 kg), New York City, July 1998:

Template:Gold1 XVIII Central American and Caribbean Games (91 kg), Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 1998:

  • 1/2: Defeated Alejandro Virgen (Mexico) 26–8 (4 rds)
  • Finals: Defeated Jhony Molina (Venezuela) RSC 2 Template:Small

Template:Silver2 XXXVII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 1999:

Template:Silver2 Strandzha Cup (91 kg), Plovdiv, Bulgaria, February 1999:

Template:Bronze3 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, March 1999:

  • 1/4: Defeated Zoltán Kiss (Hungary) RSC 2
  • 1/2: Lost to Radim Marovski (Czech) 2–4 (4 rds)

National Tournament of Champions (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, April 1999:

  • 1/4: Lost to Noel Pérez Bió (Cuba) KO 2

Template:Gold1 XXXII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Villa Clara, Cuba, June 1999:

  • 1/2: Defeated Noel Pérez Bió (Cuba) 15–3 (4 rds)
  • Finals: Defeated Mohamed Azzaoui (Algeria) RSC 2

Template:Silver2 X World Championships (91 kg), Houston, Texas, August 1999:

  • 1/16: Defeated Deividas Nekrašas (Lithuania) RSCH 3 Template:Small
  • 1/8: Defeated Andrei Kombarov (Russia) 7–5 (4 rds)
  • 1/4: Defeated Ruslan Chagaev (Kazakhstan) 9–1 (4 rds)
  • 1/2: Defeated Kevin Evans (Wales) RET 4 Template:Small
  • Finals: Lost to Michael Bennett (United States) due to boycotting the final

Template:Silver2 XXXVIII Playa Girón National Championships (91 kg), Guantánamo, Cuba, January 2000:

  • 1/8: Defeated Alexis Castillo (Cuba) RSC 1
  • 1/4: Defeated Freddy Rojas (Cuba) RSC 4
  • 1/2: Defeated Alberto Almeida (Cuba) RSC 1
  • Finals: Lost to Odlanier Solís (Cuba) 3–6 (4 rds)

Template:Gold1 Ústí Grand Prix (91 kg), Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, March 2000:

Ukraine–Cuba Duals (91 kg), Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2000:

  • Defeated Alexandr Yatsenko (Ukraine) (4 rds)
  • Defeated Vitali Nayasov (Ukraine) by unanimous decision, 3–0 (4 rds)

National Olympic Trials (91 kg), Havana, Cuba, June 2000:

  • 1/4: Defeated Yusmel García (Cuba) RSCO 3
  • 1/2: Defeated Alexis Castillo (Cuba) RSC 3
  • Finals: Defeated Noel Pérez Bió (Cuba) 6–4 (4 rds)

Template:Gold1 XXXIII Giraldo Córdova Cardín Tournament (91 kg), Las Tunas, Cuba, July 2000:

  • 1/4: Defeated Yusmel García (Cuba) by walkover
  • 1/2: Defeated Mahomed Adamov (Kazakhstan) RSC 3 Template:Small
  • Finals: Defeated Odlanier Solís (Cuba) 4–3 (4 rds)

Template:Gold1 XXVII Summer Olympics (91 kg), Sydney, Australia, September 2000:

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RetirementEdit

Savón announced his retirement from the ring, but helped train Cuba's fighters for the 2004 Athens Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After winning his third Olympic gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Savón announced his retirement at age 33.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Later lifeEdit

In February of the following year with Fidel Castro also present, Savón had the song "You Love Us" dedicated to him by the Manic Street Preachers, who became the first western rock band to play in Cuba.

In 2018, Savón was arrested amid accusations that he had raped an underage boy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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